Data Type Mapping

[Nathan Potter]

Greetings,

I am looking at how I might represent an N dimensional array in the  
ptolemy data model.

There is an obvious mapping for 1D (ArrayToken) and 2D (MatrixToken)  
arrays. But when I look at what I might do to map higher dimensions I  
get stopped by my lack of knowledge regarding the way that users  
expect to see data represented in ptolemy/kepler.

I imagine I could make ArrayTokens whose members are ArrayTokens  
whose members are ArrayTokens whose...

OR

I could use nested RecordTokens in much the same way.

Which is preferable?

There is a RecordDisassembler actor that could probably pick apart  
the later, but the former seems to better preserve the semantic  
relationships of the dimensions.

Ultimately I suppose the question is: Are there any actors in the  
library that are designed to deal with either construct? Or are  
multidimensional arrays a relatively foreign type of data  
organization in ptolemy/kepler?


Thanks,


Nathan



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Nathan Potter                        ndp at opendap.org
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